TN-05: Cooper To Vote Yes On House Health Care Bill, Hopes It Doesn't Actually Become Law

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Saturday November 07, 2009 · 11:07 AM PST

2009/11/07 · 11:07

(Cross-posted from CooperUncovered.)

Dru's Vues has Re. Jim Cooper's official statement on his health care vote, where he appears to admit voting for it only because he feels strongly it won't actually become law:

“I am grateful to the thousands of Nashville-area residents who have shared their opinion on health care reform with me. Everyone feels strongly because health care is so important to our lives. Having read the pending bills and having taught health policy at Vanderbilt business school for twelve years, I have made the following decision:

I will vote yes on H.R. 3962. My vote is not an endorsement of all the provisions of the bill because I find much of the bill to be deeply flawed. There is little chance that H.R. 3962 will become law due to the long legislative process.

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